So as many of you know our life has been a little bit on the crazy side for the last month. I am going to let you all know a bit more of what has been going on so that you can continue to pray for our family. My mom had to have brain surgery a few weeks ago because they found five different tumors in her brain that were putting too much pressure on her brain. After surgery the doctor said it looked like cancer but we would have to wait on the pathology report before we knew more. We got the pathology report about a week later but didn't get to discuss it with the oncologist until yesterday. So we all knew that is was stage 4 cancer that is only in her brain. When we met with the doctor yesterday we really had no idea what his plans were going to be, i think we were all worried he might say there was nothing to do, but thankfully he sounded hopeful and really want to be aggressive with it. He wants to start radiation and chemo right away and then they will continue the chemo one week out of a month for 6 months to try to keep the tumors from returning as quickly. Only 1 out of 4 patients with this type of cancer live past 2 years so for him to give us a 6 month plan was very exciting! But the frustrating catch is the insurance. Kaiser referred her to a great doctor in Lancaster but they are now saying they still want her to drive down to Hollywood for the treatments. So please pray that my parents would have wisdom to decide how much they should fight kaiser to get local treatment or figure out a way to do it down below. She is still having a tough time healing from the surgery so the idea of traveling everyday while possibly being sick from the treatments does not sound like a good idea. So please pray for a very quick clear answer for them! We know God has a perfect plan in all of this that none of know, we are just eager to see Him continue to do amazing works through this whole situation. We know that He is bigger than cancer and He can heal her or use her however He wants.
You can also pray for wisdom for me and Curty. Our desire of course is to be with my mom through this whole process, its so hard being 4 hours away. But we obviously cant just up and leave. Curtis interviewed this week for a job in Boron which would be a commute but its close enough that we could live near my mom. The interview went good but it sounds like they may be looking for someone with a little different experience, but hopefully we will hear back from them with good news in a couple weeks. We are exploring other options but there are not to many job opportunities near my parents in Curtys field of work. So please pray that God would make His plan clear too us, if He wants us to move we are hoping He will clearly reveal a job and a place to live. And if His answer is for us to stay in Fresno pray that He will give us peace about that decision and that I would have lots of energy to keep doing this drive.
Thank you all so much for your prayers and willingness to help, you have been a huge encouragement to me and my family!
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